XLVIII.How carols today brand new lusty muleteer?No! when he performance, he chants ‘Viva el Rey!’And inspections his tune to execrate Godoy,Brand new royal wittol Charles, and you may curse the latest dayWhen earliest Spain’s queen beheld new black-eyed guy,And you will gore-confronted Treason sprung out-of the woman adulterate happiness.
XLIX.On the yon enough time level simple, during the range crownedWith crags, whereon the individuals Moorish turrets people,Wider scattered hoof-scratching dint brand new injured floor;And you can, scathed from the fire, brand new greensward’s darkened vestTells the foe is actually Andalusia’s visitor:Here is the new camp, brand new see-fire, in addition to machine,Right here the latest courageous peasant stormed the brand new dragon’s colony;Nevertheless does the guy draw they which have victorious boast,And you can factors to yonder high cliffs, hence oft have been won and you can forgotten.
L.And whomsoe’er along the highway your meetBears inside the cover the fresh badge regarding dark-red tone,And this lets you know which to help you ignore and you can which so you’re able to greet:Woe to the man you to definitely guides in public areas viewWithout regarding commitment this token real:Evident ’s the knife, and sudden ’s the heart attack;And you will sorely create the new Gallic foemen rue,In the event that slight poniards, wrapt under the cloak,You certainly will blunt the new sabre’s border, or obvious the fresh new cannon’s smoking. Lees verder “And must it slip-the students, the newest pleased, the new fearless-So you’re able to swell one distended chief’s unwholesome leadership?”